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Rank-Order Your Equipment

While thinking about what my new hunting purchases might be I wondered what order of importance hunters would place there hunting gear in. Assuming that weapons and ammo are at the top I will leave those off the list; however, I wanted to see how others would rank-order their equipment and what would be on the list. We each hunt in different areas and I assume the area will determine what is on the list and the order we put it in. I was thinking of keeping it to a top 10 list. Here is mine-I think:

Colorado Cowboy
Cowboy Action Shooter; Endowment Life Member-NRA
The Original Rocket Scientist-Retired
"My Father always considered a walk in the mountains as the equivalent of church going."
Aldous Huxley

I think it really depends on what type of hunting you are doing. For me, we hunt Walk In Areas for the most part, so we are usually staying in a cabin or hotel. My gear list for the leave your truck at dark and come back at dark hunting would be...

My ranking may seem a little weird, but this is basically how I started off. I bought 1-6 my first year and borrowed the spotter I used. I am still borrowing the spotter as of right now, but I was able to purchase Russell gear, borrow a GPS, and get a couple water bladders for my pack.

Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.
Genesis 27:3 (NKJV)

Good optics and a comfortable pack aside, I'm thinking safety first in terms of importance. I never go off without more items than are on this list, like my knife and phone, while the sleep items I don't take on a day hunt and sometimes my my spotter & tripod stay behind.

I'll assume this is for a hunting trip where a camp is set in a remote area.

The logic I use when purchasing equipment is simple, I put the money, hence importance, into objects that I use repeatedly and daily on a hunt. Survival stuff and killing gear aside, I'll partake in the discussion.